Change things to do with controls

To move controls, see Move, bend and break things.

To delete a control from a course, select the Edit course button on the toolbar, then click on the circle, then press the delete button on your keyboard.

To delete a control from the entire event, select Controls button on the toolbar, click on the control circle, then press the delete button on your keyboard, and select OK to confirm the deletion. Note that if you delete a control that is used in a course, that course will now have a gap, and Condes will probably die on you. Condes tells you which courses use each control, when you hover the mouse over it.

To change various characteristics of the control, first select it (single left click) then right click and select Edit control, or just double-click on the circle. Now you can:

Re-number the control – simply swipe over the existing number in the Code box, and type new number.
Add or change description – click in appropriate box in turn and select the required symbol using the tabbed choices on the right of the window. Notice the buttons which allow you to have 2 symbols in a box, and to add dimensions. However, if you need 2 symbols you should normally use columns 4 and 5.
Click onthe 3x5 button to add dimensions – type them in the box that appears.

Use of English (rather than pictorial) descriptions is a course-related matter: see next section, or section 14 for one-off wording for a control description.

To change your standard English wording associated with symbols, close your event file, then go to Symbols – Open symbol. Double click on the one you want to change, type your preferred wording, and click on OK. Continue as required, then click on close.

IMPORTANT NOTE wording changes relate to your installation of Condes. The changed wording is not carried with the event file (so if someone else prints the courses, it’ll pick up their version of English descriptions).

If you want special wording to describe the control, double click on the circle and select the Status and additional text tab.

This is also where you add text that will come after the control in the descriptions list.

If we select verbal control descriptions, the above produces the following in the control description sheet:

That Additional text box can also be used with the Finish control to give courses close time.